Re: sound change question

On Wed, 24 Jan 2001, dirk elzinga wrote:

> The change you asked about is attested in the Southern Numic
> languages. There is a curious interplay between [ts] and [tS] in
> the various languages of this group; Southern Paiute and Ute
> have both sounds, while Chemehuevi has only [ts]. It seems
> likely that Chemehuevi represents an older stage with
> subsequent palatalization of *ts in the other languages. In the
[snip]
Thanks for the info.  :-)  Where are these languages spoken, BTW?  I
confess that if it's not Indo-European or Far East Asian I probably
haven't heard about most languages.  :-(

YHL